Date: 10th May 2026
Occasion: International Colloquium by World Anti-Imperialist Platform, Nairobi
Author: Booker Omole
Position: General Secretary, Communist Party Marxist Kenya
THE DRIVE INTO WORLD WAR 3 AND THE HISTORICAL EPOCH
Comrades, we are not living in ordinary times. We are living in a time of rupture, a time of transition, a time when the old order is decaying but refuses to die, and the new order is struggling to be born.
The drive into a Third World War is not an accident. It is not a misunderstanding. It is not the result of individual leaders acting irrationally. No. It is the direct and inevitable product of imperialism in its highest and final stage.
Imperialism, by its very nature, breeds war. It cannot live without expansion. It cannot survive without plunder. It cannot stabilise itself without violence.
Today, the global system is gripped by a deep structural crisis. The centres of imperialist power, led by United States imperialism, face declining economic dominance, internal contradictions, and the rising assertion of sovereign nations. Faced with this decline, imperialism does what it has always done. It turns to war.
War to redivide the world.
War to reassert control over resources.
War to discipline rebellious nations.
War to delay its own collapse.
This is the essence. This is the truth.
THE CENTRAL CONTRADICTION OF OUR TIME
Every epoch is defined by its principal contradiction. To fail to identify it is to stumble in darkness.
Today, the central contradiction is clear:
The contradiction between imperialism, led by US imperialism, and the oppressed nations and peoples of the world struggling for sovereignty, independence, and development.
This contradiction manifests across continents, across sectors, across struggles:
- In Africa, through military interventions, debt traps, and economic domination
- In West Asia, through open war, occupation, and proxy conflicts
- In East Asia, through military encirclement and escalating tensions
- In Latin America, through sanctions, coups, and destabilisation
This is not coincidence. It is a system at work.
MULTIPLE THEATRES, ONE WAR LOGIC
What we are witnessing is not a series of isolated conflicts. It is a single, interconnected process unfolding across multiple theatres.
From West Asia to Eastern Europe, from the Sahel to the Pacific, the same logic operates:
- Encircle independent states
- Destabilise sovereign governments
- Install compliant regimes
- Control strategic resources
- Militarise the globe
Each theatre is a front. Each conflict is a node. Each escalation is a step toward a broader confrontation.
This is why we say: the Third World War is not simply coming. It is already unfolding in a fragmented form.
THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST FRONT AS HISTORICAL NECESSITY
In the face of this reality, neutrality is an illusion. Silence is complicity. Hesitation is defeat.
The oppressed nations and peoples must unite. Not in words, but in programme. Not in sentiment, but in struggle.
The anti-imperialist front is not a slogan. It is a historical necessity.
It must bring together:
- Sovereign states resisting imperialist domination
- Revolutionary movements fighting for national liberation
- Working classes confronting exploitation
- Peasantry resisting dispossession
This unity must be forged through struggle. It must be guided by clarity. It must be anchored in the understanding that without defeating imperialism, there can be no genuine independence, and without independence, there can be no path to socialism.
Comrades, the drums of war are not distant. They are sounding now. The contradictions are sharpening. The lines are being drawn.
The question before us is not whether the world is moving toward greater conflict. It is whether the oppressed will organise, unite, and act with revolutionary clarity.
If we fail to understand the moment, we will be swept aside by it.
If we grasp it, we can shape it.
IMPERIALIST AGGRESSION AGAINST AFRICA AND THE CONCRETE KENYAN REALITY
Comrades, Africa remains at the centre of imperialist plunder. Not because it is weak, but because it is rich. Rich in minerals, rich in land, rich in labour, rich in strategic position.
What we face today is not classical colonialism in its old uniform. It is neocolonialism, refined, modernised, and weaponised through finance capital, technology, and local comprador classes.
The flag may be African. The anthem may be African. But the economy, the banks, the strategic sectors remain under imperialist command.
This is the essence of the African contradiction.
THE MECHANISMS OF IMPERIALIST CONTROL IN AFRICA
Imperialism does not rule Africa by accident. It rules through concrete mechanisms, through institutions, through alliances with local ruling classes.
First, debt as a weapon.
Through institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, African economies are locked into cycles of dependency. Loans are extended, not for development, but for control. Conditions are imposed: austerity, privatisation, liberalisation.
What follows is predictable. Public services collapse. National industries are sold. Sovereignty is surrendered.
Debt is not assistance. Debt is a chain.
Second, control of natural resources.
Multinational corporations extract wealth while leaving poverty behind. Minerals leave Africa. Profits leave Africa. What remains is environmental destruction and underdevelopment.
Third, military penetration.
Under the pretext of fighting terrorism or ensuring stability, foreign military bases and interventions expand across the continent. These are not instruments of peace. They are instruments of control.
Fourth, the comprador bourgeoisie.
Imperialism does not act alone. It operates through local allies. A class that governs politically but serves economically. A class that speaks the language of nationalism but practices the politics of submission.
An African proverb teaches us: The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.
Our people remember.
KENYA AS A CASE STUDY OF NEOCOLONIAL DOMINATION
Kenya stands as a clear example of these dynamics.
Political independence was achieved. Economic independence was not.
The Kenyan economy remains deeply integrated into imperialist circuits:
- Export of raw materials, import of finished goods
- Dependence on foreign capital and loans
- Vulnerability to global price fluctuations
This is not development. This is structured dependency.
CONCRETE EXPRESSIONS IN KENYA TODAY
We must name the reality as it is lived by the masses.
Fuel and energy sector
Fuel pricing is dictated not in the interests of the people, but in line with global capital and private cartels. Rising fuel costs cascade through the entire economy, raising the cost of transport, food, and basic survival.
The worker pays. The peasant pays. The imperialist profits.
Digital usury and mobile lending
Platforms such as Watu Credit and One Acre Fund represent a new form of exploitation. The worker is trapped not only in wage labour, but in cycles of debt through high interest digital loans.
This is usury modernised. This is exploitation digitised.
A man borrows to survive. He repays with his future.
Land question and landlordism
Land grabbing, concentration of land in the hands of a few, and the displacement of communities continue. The peasantry is squeezed, dispossessed, and pushed into informal labour markets.
Without land, there is no livelihood. Without livelihood, there is no dignity.
IMF conditionalities
Policies dictated under IMF programmes result in increased taxation, reduced subsidies, and cuts in public expenditure. The burden is shifted onto the masses.
The state collects from the poor to repay imperialism.
THE CLASS STRUCTURE OF THE KENYAN REVOLUTION
To move forward, we must be precise. Revolution is not abstract. It is rooted in class forces.
The main force of the revolution
The working class and the poor peasantry. These are the producers of wealth. These are the most exploited. These are the most revolutionary.
The allies
The petty bourgeoisie, progressive intellectuals, and sections of the national bourgeoisie that are objectively oppressed by imperialism.
The enemies
- Imperialism, led by US imperialism
- The comprador bourgeoisie
- Landlords and financial oligarchs
- All forces tied to the neocolonial order
Clarity on this question is not optional. Without it, strategy collapses.
TOWARD AFRICAN AND KENYAN SOVEREIGNTY
Comrades, the struggle in Kenya is not isolated. It is part of the broader African and global anti-imperialist struggle.
Without economic independence, political independence is a shell.
Without sovereignty, development is an illusion.
Without defeating imperialism, the path to socialism remains blocked.
The task before us is clear:
- Break the chains of debt
- Reclaim control of resources
- Dismantle comprador rule
- Build a people centered economy
This is not reform. This is transformation.
The hyena does not leave the homestead because it is satisfied. It leaves because it has been driven out.
Imperialism will not retreat on its own. It must be confronted. It must be resisted. It must be defeated.
Africa will rise. But it will rise through struggle.
Kenya will be free. But it will be free through organised force.
MULTIPLE THEATRES OF WAR AND THE GLOBAL ANTI IMPERIALIST STRATEGY
Comrades, Imperialism fights globally, but it does not fight uniformly. It adapts, it shifts, it concentrates force where resistance is weakest or where resources are richest.
To understand the present danger, we must grasp this truth:
There are many battlefields, but one war.
There are many fronts, but one enemy.
WEST ASIA: THE OPEN FLAME OF IMPERIALIST WAR
In West Asia, imperialism reveals its most naked form. Bombs, occupations, proxy wars, and permanent instability.
The struggle of the Palestinian people stands at the centre of this theatre. The ongoing aggression tied to the Israel Palestine conflict is not an isolated tragedy. It is a pillar of imperialist strategy in the region.
Through military dominance and strategic alliances, imperialism seeks to:
- Control energy routes
- Suppress independent regional powers
- Prevent unified resistance
War is sustained because instability serves imperial interests.
Peace without sovereignty is surrender.
Peace without justice is illusion.
EASTERN EUROPE: PROXY WAR AND STRATEGIC ENCIRCLEMENT
In Eastern Europe, we witness a different method. A proxy war shaped by expansionist military alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The war linked to the Russia Ukraine conflict is not merely a regional dispute. It is part of a long term strategy to encircle, weaken, and fragment independent centres of power.
Weapons flow. Tensions escalate. Diplomacy is sidelined.
This is not about peace. This is about strategic dominance.
EAST ASIA: THE EMERGING FLASHPOINT
In East Asia, the contradictions are sharpening rapidly. The question of Taiwan has become a central point of tension.
Here, imperialism seeks to provoke confrontation, to contain rising economic powers, and to militarise the region.
Naval build ups, military alliances, and constant provocations point toward one reality:
Preparation for a wider confrontation.
The spark has not yet ignited fully. But the ground is dry.
THE SAHEL AND AFRICA: SILENT WAR, LOUD CONSEQUENCES
In Africa, especially in the Sahel, war takes a different form. Coups, counter coups, insurgencies, and foreign interventions.
Behind the language of counter terrorism lies the struggle for control over uranium, gold, and strategic corridors.
Imperialism retreats in one form and returns in another.
But a new development is emerging. A growing assertion of sovereignty. A rejection of foreign domination.
Africa is not silent. Africa is stirring.
LATIN AMERICA: RESISTANCE AND DESTABILISATION
Latin America remains a continent of resistance. But also a continent under constant attack.
Sanctions, economic warfare, and political destabilisation are used against states that attempt independent development.
The blockade against Cuba continues as punishment for choosing sovereignty.
Pressure against Venezuela reflects the same logic.
When a nation refuses to bow, it is made to suffer.
Yet resistance continues. And resistance teaches.
ONE STRATEGY, MANY FORMS
Across all these theatres, the methods differ, but the objective is constant:
- Prevent the emergence of independent development paths
- Maintain control over global resources
- Preserve imperialist dominance in a time of decline
This is why we insist:
World War 3 is not a single explosion. It is a process.
It is unfolding unevenly, but moving toward convergence.
THE TASK OF THE ANTI IMPERIALIST FRONT
Faced with this global reality, fragmentation is fatal.
The anti imperialist forces must think and act globally while remaining rooted locally.
This requires:
Strategic unity
Different nations, different conditions, but a shared understanding of the main enemy.
Coordination of struggles
Political, economic, and where necessary, military resistance must reinforce each other.
Defence of sovereignty
Every nation that resists imperialism weakens the global system of domination.
Clarity of line
Confusion benefits imperialism. Clarity strengthens resistance.
THE DANGER OF ILLUSIONS
Comrades, there are those who say cooperation with imperialism will bring development.
There are those who say neutrality will bring peace.
There are those who say reform will soften exploitation.
These are dangerous illusions.
The world is moving. The contradictions are sharpening. The fronts are multiplying.
The question is not whether struggle will intensify. It will.
The question is whether the oppressed will rise with organisation, with consciousness, with strategy.
From West Asia to Latin America, from Africa to East Asia, the message is the same:
Resist. Unite. Advance.
STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF THE ANTI IMPERIALIST CAMP
Comrades, the enemy is organised. The enemy is coordinated. The enemy acts with clarity of purpose.
If the oppressed are to triumph, they too must be organised. They too must be coordinated. They too must act with historical clarity.
The anti imperialist front cannot be a loose sentiment. It must be a structured force, guided by strategy, disciplined in tactics, and rooted among the masses.
STRATEGIC ORIENTATION: DEFEAT IMPERIALISM, DEFEND SOVEREIGNTY, ADVANCE TO SOCIALISM
The line must be firm. The line must be repeated. The line must be understood by all:
Without defeating imperialism, there is no sovereignty.
Without sovereignty, there is no development.
Without development, there is no material basis for socialism.
This is the sequence. This is the law of motion for oppressed nations.
Therefore, the immediate strategic task is clear:
Build and consolidate the anti imperialist front to defeat imperialist domination and restore genuine national sovereignty.
This is not the final stage. But it is the decisive stage before socialist construction.
BUILDING THE UNITED FRONT
The anti imperialist front must be broad, but it must not be vague. Unity must be built on clarity, not confusion.
It must unite:
- The working class as the leading force
- The poor peasantry as the firm ally
- The petty bourgeoisie as a vacillating but necessary ally
- Sections of the national bourgeoisie that oppose imperialist domination
But unity does not mean surrender of leadership.
The working class must lead. It must lead ideologically. It must lead politically. It must lead organisationally.
Without proletarian leadership, the struggle will be diverted, diluted, or betrayed.
ISOLATING THE ENEMY
Revolution advances not only by uniting friends, but by isolating enemies.
The target enemies remain:
- Imperialism, led by US imperialism
- The comprador bourgeoisie
- Landlord classes
These forces must be exposed, politically defeated, and where necessary, dismantled.
KEY TACTICAL DIRECTIONS
Strategy gives direction. Tactics give life.
1. Economic resistance
- Oppose privatisation of strategic sectors
- Resist austerity measures imposed through external debt
- Advance policies for national control of resources
2. Political mobilisation
- Build mass organisations among workers, peasants, and youth
- Raise political consciousness through ideological education
- Expose comprador leadership and imperialist influence
3. Struggle against usury and financial exploitation
- Organise against predatory lending systems
- Build cooperative and collective economic alternatives
- Educate the masses on the mechanisms of financial control
4. Defence of land and livelihood
- Resist land grabbing and forced displacement
- Advance agrarian struggles rooted in the needs of the peasantry
5. International solidarity
- Link struggles across borders
- Support nations resisting imperialist aggression
- Build coordination among revolutionary and progressive forces globally
THE ROLE OF IDEOLOGY
Comrades, without ideology, the struggle loses direction. Without clarity, the movement is captured.
Marxism Leninism provides the scientific tool to analyse, to understand, and to transform reality.
It teaches us:
- To identify contradictions
- To distinguish friends from enemies
- To align tactics with strategy
- To root all work among the masses
Revisionism dilutes struggle. Opportunism derails struggle. Dogmatism paralyses struggle.
Clarity must be defended as fiercely as territory.
THE MASS LINE: FROM THE MASSES, TO THE MASSES
The people are not spectators. They are the makers of history.
All strategy must emerge from the lived experiences of the masses. All policies must return to serve them.
Listen to the people. Learn from the people. Organise the people.
Then return to them with a clear line, a clear programme, a clear path forward.
This is how movements grow. This is how revolutions win.
PREPARATION IN CONDITIONS OF ESCALATING WAR
As global contradictions sharpen, conditions may shift rapidly.
The anti imperialist forces must prepare:
* Politically, through consciousness and organisation
* Economically, through self reliance and resistance to dependency
* Socially, through unity and discipline
War may intensify. Crisis may deepen. But crisis also creates opportunity.
A storm destroys the weak structures. It also clears the ground for new construction.
Comrades,
The path is difficult. The enemy is powerful. The sacrifices will be real.
But history is not written by the powerful alone. It is written by those who organise, who struggle, who persist.
The chain of imperialism is strong. But it has weak links.
Our task is to find them. To strike them. To break them.
CONCLUSION AND CALL TO ACTION
Comrades,
We have examined the epoch. We have analysed the enemy. We have traced the lines of war across continents. We have grounded the struggle in Africa and in Kenya. We have outlined the strategy and tactics required of our camp.
What then is the conclusion.
The conclusion is simple. The conclusion is firm. The conclusion admits no confusion.
Imperialism is driving the world toward a wider war.
The oppressed must organise to stop it by defeating its source.
There is no middle ground. There is no safe distance. There is no neutral corner in a burning house.
THE HISTORICAL TASK BEFORE US
The task of our generation is not small.
It is to:
* Defend and deepen national sovereignty
* Break the chains of neocolonial domination
* Build the united anti imperialist front across continents
* Lay the material and political foundation for socialism
This is not a task for tomorrow. It is a task for now.
Delay benefits the enemy. Action advances the people.
A CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL UNITY
Comrades from Africa, from West Asia, from East Asia, from Latin America, from all corners of the oppressed world:
Our struggles are different in form, but united in essence.
When one nation resists, all gain strength.
When one nation falls, all feel the pressure.
We must therefore:
* Coordinate our political positions
* Defend each other against imperialist aggression
* Share experiences and strategies
* Build enduring structures of cooperation
Unity is not a slogan. It is a weapon.
A CALL TO ORGANISE THE MASSES
No revolution has ever succeeded without the masses. No struggle has ever triumphed without organisation.
We must return to the people with clarity:
* Explain the nature of imperialism
* Expose the role of local comprador forces
* Mobilise workers, peasants, and youth into struggle
* Transform discontent into organised power
The masses are ready. The conditions are ripening. What is required is leadership.
A CALL FOR IDEOLOGICAL CLARITY
In times of crisis, confusion spreads easily.
There will be those who preach surrender in the language of peace.
There will be those who defend imperialism in the language of development.
There will be those who dilute struggle in the name of pragmatism.
We must reject all such deviations.
Hold firm to revolutionary science.
Hold firm to class analysis.
Hold firm to the interests of the oppressed.
A compass that spins cannot guide a journey.
THE FUTURE IS NOT GIVEN, IT IS MADE
Comrades,
The world stands at a crossroads.
One path leads to deeper war, deeper exploitation, deeper domination.
The other leads to sovereignty, dignity, and the possibility of socialism.
Which path is taken will not be decided by imperialism alone.
It will be decided by the organised strength of the oppressed.
An African proverb teaches us: Until the lions learn to write, every story will glorify the hunter.
Today, the lions are learning to write.
They are learning to organise.
They are learning to fight.
Let this Colloquium not be a place of words alone. Let it be a step toward coordinated action.
Let it strengthen the anti imperialist front.
Let it sharpen our understanding.
Let it deepen our unity.
Comrades,
The time is not coming.
The time is now.
Let us rise to meet it.